Dr Reny Raju

Reny Raju, BSc, MSc, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

I completed my bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in 2017 from the Dr S.R. Chandrashekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore, India, where I secured third rank at Bangalore University. I then pursued a Master’s degree (2019) in Speech-Language Pathology at the All-India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India, graduating as a Gold Medallist and Best Clinician. Following this, I worked for one year (2019-2020) as a Speech-Language Pathologist (Grade-1) in the Department of Clinical Services at the institute, where I gained valuable clinical and research experience.

Motivated by an interest in bridging the gap between clinical practice and research—particularly in the early identification and intervention of developmental communication conditions—I enrolled for a PhD in Speech Pathology and Audiology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. My doctoral research examined maternal linguistic and gesture input in mothers with severe postpartum mental illness and its impact on infant development. I was awarded my PhD in November 2025. Alongside my doctoral work, I was part of The Infant–Toddler Language Development and Intervention Lab (LiL’), where I contributed to conducting a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a caregiver-mediated early support program (LiL’ STEPS) delivered online for infants at elevated likelihood for autism.

Current Research

I am currently a Senior Research Associate at the Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit. My work focuses on supporting Phase 2 of the MISLToe study, including the development of a questionnaire to collect routine clinical data for children with speech sound disorders (SSD) and exploring the facilitators and barriers to implementing routine data collection within the NHS.

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